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Studie: Mutation kan ge nya utbrott av zika
I en nyligen publicerad artikel har forskare i labbmiljö kunnat se att zikavirus muterar när det passerar från mygga till möss. Det kan, enligt forskarna, indikera att mutationen gynnar tillväxt och spridning av viruset och att en mutation i verkliga livet kan ge nya utbrott.
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Ukrainska forskaren: ”Jag kan inte hjälpa mitt folk men jag kan berätta om kriget”
Den 24 februari klockan 05 vaknade Lesya Demchenko och hennes familj till ljudet av bomber i Kyiv. När hon tittade ut från balkongen såg hon människor som packade sina bilar för att fly och mörka moln på himlen efter rök där bomberna träffat byggnader.
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Birgitta Henriques Normark ny ordförande för Vetenskapsakademien
Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien får ny ordförande den 1 juli. Birgitta Henriques Normark, som har varit ledamot sedan 2018, valdes på akademiens allmänna sammankomst den 6 april.
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Från Big Pharma till lilla Pharmiva – och tillbaka igen: "Det har varit en resa"
Efter ett par intensiva år på femtechbolaget Pharmiva lämnar Christina Östberg Lloyd över vd-stolen och återvänder till Big Pharma och läkemedelsbolaget Ferring. – Det har varit en galet rolig tid, men så blev jag plötsligt erbjuden mitt livs drömjobb, säger hon.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many
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A new international stem cell research centre has been created in Copenhagen
A new centre for stem cell research opened to the public in January. The Novo Nordisk Foundation backs the initiative with the ambition that the centre will advance new medical technology and new stem cell therapies.
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Ny modell ger ytterligare stöd för munskydd: ”Ger ett utmärkt skydd”
Forskare vid bland annat Chalmers har tagit fram en modell för att mäta hur virus färdas genom luften – och hur effektivt munskydd är för att hindra smittspridning. Deras slutsats: rätt munskydd, buret på rätt sätt, ger ett utmärkt skydd.
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Marie Gårdmark: Finally, it’s time for a revision of the EU pharma legislation
A challenge for the EU Commission is to deliver a new framework that will also take care of another “pillar” of the pharmaceutical strategy, namely, to ensure that new medicines will be available for all citizens in Europe, writes Marie Gårdmark in a column.
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Life Science Sweden´s international issue is on its way
A new issue of Life Science Sweden is on its way to print, packed with news, interviews and reports.
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Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible
A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tinnitus, which was demonstrated in a study made by researchers at the Karolinska Institute.
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“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”
“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimension. But what if the leading life science nations, Denmark and Sweden, joined forces, took the lead and pioneered Nordic life science collaboration? Wouldn´t we then be able to "bake a bigger cake?", writes Anette Steenberg and Ulf G. Andersson in a debate article.
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Stockholm aims at becoming one of the world’s top life science regions
Regional Chair for Finance, Irene Svenonius (M), believes that Stockholm can realise the goal of becoming one of the world’s top 5 regions in life science by 2025. One step on the way to achieve this is by hosting a world-leading congress in medtech.
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The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”
The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Anna Törner: Success requires bold decisions!
“Doing things right is fine, but doing the right things as soon as possible is even better”, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Giulia Gaudenzi: Innovation for good
"I challenge the innovator landscape to take a mental leap. Relying on innovation-solely to end inequality is not enough, therefore consciously and purposively – we need to engage bravely with the politics of poverty and scarcity. Even in life sciences", writes Giulia Gaudenzi in a column.
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CTR etablerar regulatoriska tjänster i nytt företag – ska komplettera Regsmart
CTR startar ett nytt bolag som ska stödja kunder med regulatoriska tjänster, och som ska komplettera Regsmart.
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Addlifes vd Kristina Willgård: "Det har blivit en otroligt fin resa"
På drygt fem år har Addlife förvärvat ett 30-tal företag inom medicinteknik och life science – och bolaget fortsätter att växa. – Vi letar ständigt efter fina bolag att addera till vår verksamhet. Det är en del av vår affärsmodell, säger koncernens vd Kristina Willgård.
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Medivirs nya vd: ”Att komma tillbaka till onkologi är som att komma hem”
Redan i oktober blev det klart att Jens Lindberg stiger in som vd för Medivir. Och nu har han gjort sina första dagar som verkställande direktör i bioteknikföretaget.